Upton-by-Chester High School

Ofsted

–Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 5 February 2025, published 31 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• ▲Chester International School 3.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
• ▲The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School 3.3 km · Good (2019) · previous system
• –Queen's Park High School 3.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
• ▲Christleton High School 4.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
• ▲The Catholic High School, Chester 4.3 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
• !Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College 4.5 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.